Chapter 2 - White Defender

The next time I opened my eyes, I smelled.

Wait, smell ?! I can smell! I can ... God, how it stinks ...

"Son, what's the matter with you?" I turned my head to the source of the voice and saw a giant or not, wait, can I be small?

A woman of about 20 was hanging over me, quite beautiful, with clear blue eyes and bright golden hair, which reminded me of that waitress from the restaurant where it was ... my last date.

"Honey, what's there?"

Another voice sounded, I tried to find its owner, but I could not. By the way, while I was looking for the owner of the voice, I examined the room in which I was and I can say that this is a tent. Nothing more. Really. A tent with a pair of skins inside as a place to sleep.

"Nothing, it just seems our son can't relieve himself."

"He's already a year old, he should get used to the meat of the Dangerous Beasts"

Finally, the owner of the voice entered the tent. A tall, tanned man of 25-30 years old, brown hair and brown eyes, a powerful neck, and in himself he looked rather large?

"I understand that in the Partas clan this is in the order of things, but my blood also flows in it. So do not be so impatient" with a steel note in her voice, a woman, a man, scolded.

"Bruh, woman, any man should love meat, no matter whose blood is in it."

"Only a savage like you could say something like that!"

"Northern sissy!"

"Partas savage!"

A man and a woman literally stared at each other.

"* sigh * Okay, uh, I'm sorry. I got excited, you're not a sissy. Excuse me, White."

"Hmm! I know I'm not a sissy, I shouldn't waste time, but thanks, maybe you're not exactly a savage ~"

"Ugh, this woman ..."

The conflict was miraculously resolved and the man left us.

"Well, my little Akira, I hope you wasn't scared that your parents are swearing for nothing here, don't pay attention."

The woman pulled at my hands, so that I would rise to my feet. It was strange and for some reason nastalgia woke up in me from the way I was unstable standing still.

"I think you'd better move, maybe after that your stomach won't swear, fufufu"

Well. I was born again, I will not say that this is wonderful, because I have a very weak body and I cannot take care of my needs, but I am free from my work. You need to look for your advantages in everything, right?

I was born into the Parthas clan, which specializes in hunting Dangerous Beasts. Dangerous Beasts are beasts that are stronger than ordinary beasts, is it not logical? But, not everything is so simple, some of them may even possess some kind of "magical" powers. Even though I called them beasts, I think Monster suits them better as some of them look terrible.

I am the son of the best hunter of the clan, Mamoru and his "concubine" White, unlike my father, my mother comes from northern tribes. Despite the fact that relations between the Partsa tribe and the northern tribes are rather strained, my mother and father treat each other well and it does not seem that this is only about me.

Another thing I noticed is my mother's movements. They are painfully honed, as if rehearsed many, many times. The way she sits down elegantly, walks with her back always straight or stands in front of people, I begin to believe that she is one of the "noble".

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"Ma!"

"No, say: Mom, you understand? Mom ~"

"Ma, ehe-he"

"God, how energetic you are today Akira. How about getting out into the fresh air?"

I hid my hands to her and began to make grasping movements.

"Wait, hold on..."

Mom, took my hands and led me out of the tent. My legs still could not handle the weight of my own body, so I had to resort to the help of my mother.

"Well done, very soon you will be able to walk by yourself and forget about your beloved mommy * whimper-whimper *"

It was painful to watch her play, she was not an actress, but. I stopped and looked into her eyes, she answered me in surprise in kind.

"Bad, Ma!"

"Eh ?! Wha? Wait a minute, you just now"

"Bad"

Mom was confused by these accusations, but in the end she laughed.

"Yes, yes, your mom is very bad, but is it so bad that your mom doesn't want to let you go? Um?"

She sat down next to me, holding my waist. I reached out to her and as far as my tiny arms allowed me to hug her.

"Ma ~"

"I love you too, baby, you are very much like me in childhood, if remember what my dad and mom said about me. Your grandparents, you know?"

We continued on our way, in general the place where we lived looked more like a refugee camp than a city, although it is understandable that no one here heard such a word as "Civilization", as well as its benefits. In general, I am inclined to believe that I was born in a world where civilization is godlessly lagging behind, at the level of the Middle Ages, perhaps even the early Middle Ages, when the Vikings had just begun their raids. Each of the houses represents itself, a tent, like the one in which my family lived, in total I counted eleven such tents, if each of them lives in a family of three, then by simple calculations one can imagine that there are about 33 people living here, which is faster everything is not so, but as a working option it is quite suitable.

Walking around the settlement, we came to a tent that looked much better, next to it I saw my father and an unfamiliar couple of man and woman.

"Aki, wonderful day, don't you think?" my mother turned to the woman.

"White. Yes, it's a beautiful day. Oh, who's it here" the woman sank to the ground.

"Hello Akira. How are you feeling?"

The woman ruffled my hair and smiled. She looked a little younger than my mother, but the way she looked was strange. White hair and white eyes, if not for the difference in several shades, one would think that her eyes are completely white. Creepy.

"* sigh * White, he doesn't remember his brother?" Aki, asked my mother. I looked at my mother, she met my gaze and smiled apologetically.

"No, I think he was too small and hungry, if we hadn't made this decision, I'm afraid Akira would not have survived the previous winter either."

"I understand that Emdeath still cannot get stronger after the winter, fortunately her brother, despite his age, will take care of her in the state of mind."

Mom smiled.

"Little Escanor is growing fast, a real pride of parents, right?

"Oh, and don't talk about pride, you should have seen his face when he was able to go to the toilet himself, it feels like he killed the Dangerous Beast on his own, and did not go to the toilet."

Hearing the laughter of women, dad and an unknown man approached us.

"Oh, Mamoru, you have a hardy son, despite what you had to go through in winter, you don't notice him. Even Escanor, despite the fact that he is older than Akira, still lost a lot of weight and looks skinny. Hey boy. Remember me? Ehey, do you want to hug the big and terrible leader Bruno? Well? "

I was paralyzed by fear. This big man is even bigger than my father, and the face ... Bruh, I'm going to have nightmares because of him. Well, for the rest, the thick blue hair stood on end, resembling a hedgehog or a lion's mane, and all this spoiled brown eyes, the only "dark" element in this entire married couple.

"Chief Bruno, don't scare my son," Mother said, barely holding back a laugh.

"Hey, I'm not that scary. Aki, tell me, I'm not scary, am I?" the sight of this giant who almost began to cry out from his wife, whether he was terrible or not, made me understand that he was not so terrible. Internal. Outwardly, he is still the same overgrown bull.

"Mom. Dad. Sister is bad." a boy a little taller than me emerged from the tent behind the leader and his wife. The sunken skin on his cheeks directly hints that he is malnourished, ashen-colored hair, combed back and piercing green eyes.

"Oh, Escanor, I'm coming. Wait a little"

The boy nodded and went back.

"Honey, I'm going to see Emdeath." Aki addressed, to which Bruno answered with a nod.

"Poor girl, Bruno, I think if she needs to eat more plant foods, or grind her food, it will be easier for her."

But my mother's advice was rejected by my own father.

"Woman, we are Partas, we do not need to make something easier."

"Then ... Be kind Dear, when Akira grows up, you yourself will tell what happened to his brother."

"Oh, hush, quiet, calm down White, thanks for the advice, I'll pass it on to Aki. Why not try it? Ahahaha ~"

To the cheerful laughter of the leader Bruno, my mother took me home. And yet, did I have a brother? And what happened to him?